Live storytelling inspired by iconic sports photos. ESPN uses photography to accompany games and stories, but oftentimes a photograph comes first and inspires an incredible narrative. Storytellers from across ESPN share original pieces born from a single image.
Presenters: Taffy Brodesser-Akner Kate Fagan Jesse Washington Seth Wickersham
Moderators: Neely Lohmann Justin Ellis
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park – Water Street
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Live storytelling inspired by iconic sports photos. ESPN uses photography to accompany games and stories, but oftentimes a photograph comes first and inspires an incredible narrative. Storytellers from across ESPN share original pieces born from a single image.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a contributing feature writer for ESPN The Magazine. Her work also appears regularly in the New York Times Magazine and GQ.
Kate Fagan is a columnist and feature writer for espnW, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. She is a regular panelist on ESPN’s Around the Horn and can also be seen on First Take and His & Hers.
Jesse Washington is a senior writer for ESPN’s The Undefeated.
Senior writer Seth Wickersham joined ESPN The Magazine in 2000, shortly after graduating from the University of Missouri.
Neely Lohmann has been the senior deputy editor at ESPN the Magazine for five years. Prior to ESPN, she was the editor in chief of mental_floss magazine.
The motto of ESPN is to serve sports fans anytime, everywhere. Since the sports network was first created in 1979, ESPN has grown into a global multimedia company that reaches fans in all corners of the world, on any device. ESPN’s Photo Department has taken this mission and dived into the lives of athletes willing to open their doors and have their stories told.
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